Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-19
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Final Meeting of the Old and First Meet
ing of the New.
A CHILD sHAMEFULLY BEATEN.
Jack Kiley, the slayer of Billy Nugent,
Held in $4,000 Bonds-Why.
Michael Purcell was
Arrested.
board of Education.

lne new DOaT0 OF euuCatlOn met last
night. The secretary of the old board
opened the meeting. Mr.. Davis moved
that all petitions and communications be
turned over to the secretary of the new
board. The motion was adopted Mr..
Livesey of the committee on supplies, re-
ported the sale of 100 old school seats to
j. A. Linshaw at thirty cents each. The
estimate of Engineer House for S732 .36 in
favor of Contractor Brown for grading
was allowed. Mr.. Long moved to issue
warrants for teachers salaries allowed
at last meeting, which included Matilda
Evans at $40, w. II. Mcintyre at S6l.7S,
Jennie G. Salmon at $35. Kate e. Crane
at S6l.7s, Mary o. Buchanan at $41.17,
and the motion was adopted. The mem.
bers of the old board then adjourned and
the new was at once called to order by
Mr.. Copeland. A formal ballot was taken
for officers the result being in accor-
dance with the nominations made at the
last meeting. The ballot made IL. Y.
Clarke president, +. n. Gray vice -presi
| dent. j. p. Piper secretary. Mr.. Clarke
briefly. than ked the board on assuming
| the chair. The SO 200 bond of Secretary
| Piper, with Frank ID. Brown, James A.
| Woodman, Henry Livcsey, and L. w.
| blackburn AS sureties, was approved.
| The rules of the old board were adopted
for the government of the new board un
| til such time as committee should be
appointed to revise the rules. On motion
of MIR. Morrison the new president was
| given thirty minutes to prepare the list
| of the new committees. During his alb
sence Vice-President Gray occupied the
chair. He suggested that the roll of the
new board had not been called and
ordered the secretary to call the roll.
This done petitions and communications
were called for. BY resolution of Mr..
Blackburn 1t was decided to dis
on Pleasant school site and
erect new on a site in the neighbor-
hood, recently purchased. Mr.. Davis
moved that the board advertise for bids
for a school site in Walnut hill addition
and the motion was adopted. MIR. Davis
also moved that school site be chosen
on West Leavenworth street; adopted.
Mr.. Copeland moved that the committee
on schools see how many rooms were re-
quired for school purposes next year.
The same member moved to remove the
PARTITION of the high school lower room
so rs to make one large room. On q
vote the motion was lost, the new mem
bers not understanding the motion and
being therefore excused. The resolution
of Mr. Copeland to have the lizard street
furnaces repaired and put in the Cass
street school was lost on vote. Mr..
Morrison offered resolution for the pur-
chase of school site near Parkhurst
and the resolution was carried. Mr..
Clark, the president, asked until Satur-
day evening to report upon the COM
mittees appointed, and on motion of Mr..
Coburn the hour Saturday evening was
made at 7:30 o'clock. Mr.. ShoaleS Of
| fnrn1 n resolution thnt a snhnnl Sitn hn
selected in Amber place and on motion
the board carried it. On motion of Mr.
Copeland the election of superntend
ent of schools WAS proceeded with. MIR
Davis offered the name of Henry James
in brief speech. Mr.. FELTON, made a
motion, which was carried, that the super
intendents term be three years. MIR
James was the only name placed in
nomination, and the ballot showed eleven
in favor of MIR. James and he was de.
clared elected. On motion of MIR. Davis
q contract was ordered prepared with
Mr.. James for $4,000, q raise of 5000 pei
year. The mover held that the raise wa'
Mr. Morrison favored the raise anC
the resolution was carried on call
of the roll. only Mr.. Llvesey
voting nay. 1t was decided on motion
to open bids for supplies at the presen
meeting and refer the same to the com
mittee on supplies, who should report
thereon at the next meeting. The bids
We're opened and the items read in de
tail. On motion of Mr.. Morrison the
consideration of further bids was post
poned until Saturdays adjourned meet
ing. Mr. Gray, who had assumed tn,
chair on making his report, offered ,
resolution that the president Of the schoo
board call an election by proclamation
on Tuesday, August 3, to issue $lOO,00(
| |oT a
tion each) for the purpose of erecting
new school houses. Mr.. Copeland move'
, to make the amount .$l50oO0, and tn
| resolution was adopted. Mr.. Davi
moved that the advertising Of the boart
, be given to the daily paper offering th'
, lowest bid. Mr.. Blackburn wanted
, some paper designated. Mr.. Kell
!, wanted the number of insertions specified
and that the specifications be drawn u
! by the secretary. Mr.. Gray moved t
{ amend that Mr. Kelly supervise the specl
5 tications, and in this form it passed. Mr.
Kelly, a practical printer, said that tn
. bids which had been presented on print
ing were so indefinite that printers cOul
: not tell what they were bidding on. H
moved that such blanks as were require
I be designated by form numbers so tina
stationers could bid intelligently. y
motion, all the stationary and printin
bids were rejected and Mr.. Kelly wa
I made a supervising agent with the secr'
tary to prepare new bids. The boar
+ thereupOn adjourned.
An lnhuman Mother.
y Mary Shelley, the white wife of
\ mulatto, was arrested last evening b
Officer Bloom while beating her child
9 most brutal manner. Both the mothe
and child were taken to the city prison
where the little unfortunate's back, upo
e being uncovered, presented a most piteo,
r spectacle. Not only the back, but tt
y arms and legs, were mass of bruise
y bleeding and discolored flesh. The il
~ human mother, upon securing sutficiel
y y bonds. was released, to appear befol
70 Judge Burka this morning.
le BEAVY BONDS.
Jack Ktley, the slugger or Billy N
gent Held In $4,000.
n | Raforo poIioa Iudua Rarka yostard,